Microglia in neuroimmunopharmacology and drug addiction

H Li, LR Watkins, X Wang - Molecular Psychiatry, 2024 - nature.com
Drug addiction is a chronic and debilitating disease that is considered a global health
problem. Various cell types in the brain are involved in the progression of drug addiction …

Complete Freund's adjuvant as a confounding factor in multiple sclerosis research

M Lazarević, S Stanisavljević, N Nikolovski… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) is used as a standard adjuvant for the induction of
experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), the most commonly used animal model …

Cannabidivarin alleviates neuroinflammation by targeting TLR4 co-receptor MD2 and improves morphine-mediated analgesia

X Wang, C Lin, S Wu, T Zhang, Y Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) is a pattern-recognition receptor (PRR) that regulates the
activation of immune cells, which is a target for treating inflammation. In this study …

Trilobatin alleviates cognitive deficits and pathologies in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model

J Ding, J Huang, D Yin, T Liu, Z Ren… - Oxidative Medicine …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease nowadays that
causes memory impairments. It is characterized by extracellular aggregates of amyloid‐beta …

Nicorandil and carvedilol mitigates motor deficits in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis-induced multiple sclerosis: Role of TLR4/TRAF6/MAPK/NF-κB …

AM Mustafa, AM Shaheen, HF Zaki… - International …, 2024 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating neurodegenerative disease that
negatively affects neurotransmission. It can be pathologically mimicked by experimental …

Neuropathic-like nociception and spinal cord neuroinflammation are dependent on the TRPA1 channel in multiple sclerosis models in mice

DP Dalenogare, D Souza Monteiro de Araújo… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) activation is implicated in
neuropathic pain-like symptoms. However, whether TRPA1 is solely implicated in pain …

Involvement of TLR2–TLR4, NLRP3, and IL-17 in pain induced by a novel Sprague-Dawley rat model of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

AJ Kwilasz, MA Clements, TA Larson… - Frontiers in Pain …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Up to 92% of patients suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS) experience pain, most without
adequate treatment, and many report pain long before motor symptoms associated with MS …

[HTML][HTML] Antinociceptive effect of ultra-low dose naltrexone in a pre-clinical model of postoperative orofacial pain

W Hummig, DF Baggio, RV Lopes, SMD Dos Santos… - Brain Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Pain management after oral surgeries is essential to enhance recovery, reduce negative
outcomes and improve the experience of the patient. Naltrexone (NTX) is a non-selective …

Intrathecal non-viral interleukin-10 gene therapy ameliorates neuropathic pain as measured by both classical static allodynia and a novel supra-spinally mediated …

MA Clements, AJ Kwilasz, ST Litwiler, Z Sents… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Intrathecal delivery of interleukin-10 (IL-10) gene therapy has been reported to be effective
in suppressing pain enhancement in a variety of rodent models. However, all publications …

From Immunity to Neurogenesis: Toll-like Receptors as Versatile Regulators in the Nervous System

DM Abarca-Merlin, JA Martínez-Durán… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are among the main components of the innate immune system.
They can detect conserved structures in microorganisms and molecules associated with …